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New Moon In Taurus 2019: Tranquility Base

I often tell people that a New Moon is an opportunity to sit down and think about what it is you want for your life in the next month, and then take the steps to make it happen. But as with most good ideas like starting an exercise program or changing diet, it’s easy to forget.

I don’t think you or I should be making that mistake this month. This particular New Moon seems significant, and it is much needed. Take note and mark it on your calendar right now.

This month’s New Moon is on May 4th, at 14° Taurus. Taurus has a reputation for being placid and for being able to put up with being shoved around a little better than most Signs. Have you noticed just how much “shoving” is going on in the world right now? It feels like the old order, both personally and globally, is falling apart. Even if that turns out to be a good and necessary thing, these can be pretty scary times to live in.

Even the most exciting action movies have a scene where the characters pause and catch their breath, either literally or figuratively. I think in light of the Saturn-Pluto conjunction that is hanging over all of us, we need to take all the breaks and breathers we can get.

So on Saturday May 4th, sit down and think about how you’d like the current ongoing explosion of your life to turn out in the next month. Take some small but simple steps towards that. And above all, be kind to yourself. Sleep in. Have that donut. Pace yourself. Act like an honorary Taurus for the day, and keep in mind that of all the animal symbols of the Zodiac, the Bull is the strongest.

After the long and dangerous first landing on the Moon, the astronauts settled down on what they called Tranquility Base. You’ve had quite a journey so far, and you’re nowhere near done yet. So take this chance to settle into your own Tranquility Base… while you can.